Dumb Child Competes on Debate Team

WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS - At first glance Cody Bauer looks like every other eleven-year old member of the Ramsey Hall Junior High School debate squad.

But after a few seconds spent speaking to the boy, it is apparent that Cody doesn't have both oars in the water.

"I just think anyone can do whatever they put their mind to," Cody says, "For me, I wanted to join the debate team so I can become a congressman or maybe even president some day."

Cody's mom Cindy says her son was born without much brains, but that it hasn't slowed him down.

"His father left us five years ago and Cody still thinks he's coming back. He says he must have had a good reason," she said, "He's also on record as believing that our troops will be home from Iraq and Afghanistan by 2014."

Added Ms. Bauer: "Nothing can stand in my son's way. Not reality, not ridicule, nothing. Reason and begging have no effect. It's inspiring on one level and also very humiliating on another."

Ramsey Hall debate squad coach Garrett Thomas calls Cody "one-of-a-kind".

"I've never met anyone more positive than Cody. During our last match he argued that energy company executives were 'probably pretty honest people who could regulate themselves'," Thomas recalled, "That was a real rally killer."

Cody's teammates back up their coach.

"Yeah, he's positive alright," they say, "Positively an idiot."